obscure and oddball cabrios

[UmBongo]

Knight Rider, a shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist. Michael Knight, a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless, in a world of criminals who operate above the law.

 

BTW, we cut the roof off your car, buddy. Is that OK?

 

[seth]

[NorfolkNWeigh]

I've seen pics of this one somewhere else, I think there were 2 made around 1976 and they are massive. Took years to build each one and they cost something like a billion pounds.

Yes, here's the second one. The green one was built by Frua, who designed it, but I think the red one was left unfinished and Frua went bust or something , so was finished by somebody else.

As you say , they're massive as they are built on Phantom lV chassis'. It would be interesting to see a picture of one next to a Corniche drop head for perspective.

[chaseracer]

Maserati Kyalami:

 

 

...but NOT the Del Monte Longchamp...

 

 

...which was otherwise the same car (but with a 351 SBF in place of the Maser V8)

[Felly Magic]

Look like Alfa Romeo tail lights, Alfetta?

[chaseracer]

And, errm, cough cough, but with the engine in the middle of the car which was not near the front.

 

Both front-engined.  Are you thinking of the Pantera?

[twosmoke300]

I was gonna say that the rear seat accommodation must have been interesting with it being mid engined ! ( I saw the headrests )

[dieselnutjob]

604 Landaulet

[Volksy]

 

ASC (American Sunroof Co) have done quite a few oddball cabrios. Such as the Ibiza above.

[Volksy]

 

Volvo should have made the 480 Cabrio, but allegedly wasn't in keeping with its brand image.

[Faker]

Someone mentioned these a while back. Quite pretty.

[Faker]

Why did we never get these?!

[Ghosty]

For those that can't tell, the Maserati Kylie Minogue has upside down Citroen SM rear lights. Unsurprising, really.

[Alusilber]

Someone mentioned these a while back. Quite pretty.

 

ATCNBE 

[Faker]

ATCNBE 

ATCNBE??

[Lukas]

 

 

Subaru Leone Hardtop-Coupe, cut up by a US-american company. 

[vulgalour]

Amazingly all of these cars were made on purpose.

 

AMC Sundancer

 

Chrysler LeBaron Town & Country

 

Pontiac Sunbird

 

Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

[Sudsprint]

De Tomaso Longchamps...

 

Look like Alfa Romeo tail lights, Alfetta?

 

Nearly - late Bertone 2000GTV (upside down) 

[Vince70]

We have one of these driving around Bexhill which has a square number plate so I don't know if it's a jap import.

But I've never seen it with the optional extra polar bear/dog

[Vince70]

Or how about the Mitsuoka Himiko from the same company that brought you The jag lookalike Micra.

This one is based on a MX5

[Vince70]

And who can forget the fiesta fly.

[Dick Cheeseburger]

De Tomaso Longchamps...

 

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Nearly - late Bertone 2000GTV (upside down)

 

Thanks for that. It's been bugging me as to what they were sourced from; the closest I could get was the lovely Lancia Beta, which isn't very similar really:

 

As an aside, there was a Lancia pervert who lived near the local chippy when I was a teen in the late 80's/ early 90's. He always had a few Betas in various states of decompostion in his garden, right next to the main road. I can only assume that people must have kept on asking to buy them as 'not for sale' signs became a permanent fixture in their algae-covered windows. I've always liked the look of them since.

[chaseracer]

ATCNBE??

 

"...and the car's not bad either!"

 

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